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Back in 2016 and 2017, did you not agree on taking the J’s and who did you want Boston to draft instead?

  • July 14, 2023


It’s time for all of the Fultz/Jackson/Dunn/Bender/Hield believers to stand up. And also the people who wanted to trade the picks as well.

I was a huge Tatum guy so I was very happy we drafted him. But with the Brown pick, I definitely wanted a trade for either PG or Jimmy. I liked Brown but I also thought Hield was gonna make a bigger impact early and translate better to the league. It’s a good thing I’m not the one making the decisions.

30 comments

  1. I’ve come to terms with the fact that I have no clue what I’m really talking about and they get paid tens of millions of dollars to do their job. I just sit back, drink beers, root for the Celtics cause their the bawlz

  8. Always said when they took brown was just wondering who wanted them to pick for them but damn it’s worked out great

  9. I wanted Fultz over Tatum, and I wanted Kris Dunn or Dragan Bender over Brown.

    And this is why I’m not a GM, lol.

  10. I had tatum 3rd going into the draft. I’m not gonna lie and say I thought he was a better prospect than fultz and ball, which was pretty much the concensus top 2. But I did like tatum a lot and certainly a lot more than fox, markkanen, isaac, and josh jackson.

    As for brown, well.. I didn’t hate the pick but I remember having maybe 3 or 4 other guys ahead of him. I remember loving Hield and really wanting him the most. And I also thought if we were gonna draft a huge project that’s gonna take 2-3 years to become a contributor why didn’t we just trade down a couple spots and take thon maker then? And he was kg approved so i also really liked thon maker too. Lol

  11. I usually just want the UCONN guys to go to Boston, but I never really complain about our picks. I have the comment history to prove it. I’m either ELATED or mildly excited about our trades or picks.

  14. I wanted Fultz, but once we traded down to 3 I assumed Danny knew something I didn’t and I was all aboard the Tatum train and glad we picked him over Jackson.

    For Brown, I wasn’t excited about anyone in that draft and i think wanted us to trade the pick. Ainge didn’t have a great track record with project picks and I thought it was a huge risk to take such a raw player at number 3.

  15. I remember really wanting Jaylen 2016 cause all you heard at #3 eas Kriss Dunn, and that didn’t make any sense to me with Marcus on the roster. Also remember wanting Fultz and, embarrassingly so, calling Jayson Tobias Harris 2.0 lol. I really wanted the athlethic-as-FUCK backcourt of Fultz and Jaylen, but it all worked out in the end.

  17. I wanted to trade the pick for jimmy butler. In a vacuum I still think it would be a good move but the more I think about it if we had jimmy we probably wouldn’t have been in a position to draft tatum. So it’s not as simple to think we’d have a tatum butler duo

  18. I actually heard quite a bit of hyper for Murray. I thought it was a big possibility. If that had happened it definitely wouldn’t have aged poorly, but I think Jaylen still works super well for this current iteration of the team

    Thought Tatum was gonna be a star, but I didn’t think he’d be yearly First team All NBA good

  21. I didn’t know anything about JB when he got drafted, by once I saw him play in his rookie season I knew we had struck gold, Jayson I loved the pick because I loved how he played for Duke the year prior

  22. Been seeing a lot of Dunn answer. Is he that phenomenal in college? Didn’t we had Smart already that time?

  24. In 16 I wanted Kris Dunn, in 2017 I wanted to trade the first pick and whatever else necessary for Paul George

  25. At the Celtics season ticket holder draft party, at the td garden, fans booed jaylen over wanting kris Dunn and dragon bender. Our fans are morons

  26. I have never watched enough college basketball to feel like I’m entitled to an opinion on draft night. It’s always a surprise and I will hope for the best no matter what.

  27. Not only did I like them…I called both picks somehow!! Obviously had no idea they’d be good. I watch zero college bball outside of the tourney

  28. Jaylen I didn’t pay attention to the draft honestly. I saw someone was named Dragon so would have been cool to get him.

    Jayson I just assumed we were drafting Markelle Fultz and started watching his highlights. Was bummed we didn’t pick him, learned to just wait until these guys are in the league until getting invested

  29. I’m pleased to say in 2016 my big board was Ingram, Brown then Bender. In 2017 (after we traded back) it was Tatum, Fox then Smith Jr. I would have done ok in Ainge’s shoes 😂

    I also really really wanted to trade 16 and 23 to move up for Sabonis. I loved watching him and Poltl go against each other in college.

  30. I wasn’t particular to anybody in 2016. 2017, being a lifelong Seattle-ite, I wanted Fultz. Not mad how it turned out, obviously.

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